Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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One of the main themes of Francophone literature, a term that is used for the literature from Francophone countries outside France. Today modern usage includes any literature written in French. Francophone literature, therefore, applies to the whole French-speaking world in a broader sense. Tahar Ben Jelloun, is a Moroccan-French novelist, poet, and essayist who writes expressively about Moroccan culture, the immigrant experience, and the identity crisis that the immigrants face. Usually immigrants are considered a threat to the national unity of a country, but on the other hand, the effects of immigration on the immigrants, their identity and adaptation to a new country are much-debated issues which have attracted scholarly studies. The paper deals with the issues of migration and its harrowing results on migrants which is a debated topic in a multicultural society. Tahar Ben Jelloun has very well depicted the pains and the psychological implications of immigration in the novel “The Palace in an old Village” which represents the struggle of identity that is caused due to the migration of people from their roots to a new country in search of job and their dream of leading a better life.

Department of Languages

School of Social Sciences & Languages

Vellore Campus

Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL)

<a href="http://www.rjelal.com/7.2.19/410-415%20Dr.K.JAYALAKSHMI.pdf">THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN TAHAR BEN JELLOUN’S ‘THE PALACE IN AN OLD VILLAGE’</a>

This paper presents the experiences of the authors in using authentic materials in the classroom for teaching English and French to students of engineering at VIT, Vellore. The paper begins by providing an understanding of the terms ‘authentic materials’ and ‘native speakers’. It, then, provides an account of the sources of authentic materials and how they can be employed effectively in language classrooms to develop or improve the language skills. The advantages and the limitations of authentic materials are also discussed. Further, it gives a detailed description of how authentic materials were used by the authors in the classroom, and narrates experiences gained and offers some suggestions to teachers on the choice of materials based on the experiences of the authors. This paper discusses the use of authentic materials for teaching all the four language skills (LSRW). © IAEME Publication.